Well. This book was better than the first in that maybe half the book was a story, the other half sex scenes...unlike the first book. If I had realized this was pretty much straight erotica instead of erotic romance,I probably wouldn't have read it. The only reason I finished either book is because we got little snippets of Lucien & Sophie that I liked enough to want to know more. But we never really got more. There just wasnt much of an actual story, and what was there was predictable & overly explained yet never really went anywhere. I didn't hate it...but I definitely didn't love it.